Additive Capabilities

Design for AM (DfAM)

  • CAD Modeling
  • Topology Optimization
  •  Lattice and Light weighting

Design for AM (DfAM)

Build Setup

  • STL file repair and geometry manipulation
  • Part nesting and support generation
  • Orientation guidance and wizards

Build Setup

Process Simulation

  • Metal AM process simulations
  • Distortion compensation
  • Build failure prediction

Process Simulation

Material Analysis

  • Curated material property databases
  • Grain morphology predictions
  • Melt pool and porosity prediction

Material Analysis

Data Acquisition and Management

  • Traceability and full control of AM data
  • Consolidate, control and share AM data across organization

Data Acquisition and Management

Part Qualification

  • Design validation
  • Structural and thermal analysis
  • Document control and certification

Part Qualification

Additive Products

Additive Suite

Additive Suite spans the entire workflow – from design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) through validation, print design, process simulation and exploration of materials.

Additive Suite includes:

  • Additive Prep
  • Additive Print
  • Additive Science
  • Access to Workbench Additive 
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Additive Print

Choose parts correctly the first time on Metal AM Equipment with Additive Print, a standalone solution for Additive Manufacturing Process simulations.

  • AM Process simulation tool for Powder-Bed Fusion Process
  • Blade Crash Detection
  • Stress and Strain Analysis
  •  Distortion predictions
  • Ensure first-time right printed parts
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GRANTA MI Enterprise

The leading system for materials information, GRANTA MI Enterprise allows you to develop and protect your materials, save time, drive innovation, cut costs and eliminate risk.

  • Ensure traceability of additive manufacturing data
  • Data includes powders, builds, machine parameters and more
  • Provide Additive Manufacturing data to help optimize
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Ansys Discovery

Our innovative interface for 3D design engineers combines live physics simulation, high-fidelity results and direct modeling.

  • Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) tools
  • Features live physics simulation
  • Delivers fast high-fidelity results
  • Explore multiphysics and multiple physics scenarios 
  • De-feature CAD models, extract fluid domains or simplify models for simulation
  • Topology optimization speeds workflow
  • Works with any CAD file
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